They say that time moves fast
And life is short, but art is long
And so to make it last
I'll put my love
Into a song

And if it wasn't for Elise
I don't know where I would be

They say, they say, they say
That he who hesitates is lost
Well so am I
The only thing that lasts
Is art, our bloody bodies
Bloody die

And if it wasn't for Elise
I don't know where I would be

They say, they say, they say you don't know what you've got
'Til what you've got is gone
I say I say that nothing's lost
If it's entrusted to a song

For you, my Elise
I'm composing lovely music
You and I, sad to say
Are doomed to fade and to die
You who come later
Know I was happy loving her
You who have conquered death
Bully for you!
Now fuck off!
Fuck off!